Transport and the shape of the city in Vilnius

Tickets are timed, not zoned

There are no fare zones in Vilnius. One flat network covers the city, so the only variable is how long the ticket lasts rather than how far you travel, and both single tickets cover transfers between vehicles without a new ticket being activated. Fares rose on 1 July 2025 to €1.00 for thirty minutes and €1.25 for sixty, and tickets bought before that date stayed valid only if they were activated by 30 September 2025.

• Discounted fares are half price or a fifth of the standard for qualifying groups: €0.50 or €0.20 for thirty minutes, €0.63 or €0.25 for sixty.

The pass to buy, and the card to carry it on

A 30-day pass is €38.00 for all days or €35.00 weekdays only, which pays for itself at roughly nineteen round trips; the 90-day is €110.00 or €99.00, and the 365-day €342.00 or €315.00. Short-stay passes are poor value beside them, at €7.50 for 24 hours and €13.50 for 72, so three days of unlimited travel costs more than a third of a whole month. The physical JUDU card, the Vilniečio kortelė, costs €1.50 and is sold at JUDU customer service centres and in Maxima, Rimi, Aibė, Narvesen and Lietuvos spauda; self-service terminals only top up cards you already have.

• The card's stored-value e-wallet has not accepted top-ups since the end of 2023. Buy a period ticket or use the JUDU app.
• Special fares: a 365-day ticket is €10.00 for a primary school pupil or a senior, a Family 2+3 thirty-minute ticket €2.10, a Park and Ride all-day ticket €1.00.
• The JUDU app buys tickets and pays for street parking. Routes and timetables are on judu.lt's trip planner.

The airport

Bus 88 runs from the airport through the centre to Europos aikštė, and the express 3G runs from the airport through the centre and Šeškinė to Perkūnkiemis. Buses 1 and 2 both go to the railway station, by slightly different routes. Night buses 88N and N8 cover 22:30 to 05:30 at the same fares as the daytime services. A rail link to the airport is mentioned in places, but JUDU lists buses only, so plan on the 3G or the 88.

Parking, and why the declaration decides it

Street parking is zoned by colour, and the blue zone in the centre is charged around the clock, seven days a week. A resident permit turns that into a small annual fee, but it requires a declared place of residence inside the paid zone and a valid driving licence, and only one first and one second permit are issued per address regardless of how many people are declared there. Permits are collected through the JUDU self-service portal or epaslaugos.lt. Ordinary street parking is paid through the JUDU app, by SMS to 1332, at meters by contactless card or cash, or through UNIPARK, ParkMan and carOne; the SMS route needs a Lithuanian mobile number, which is the one thing you will not have on your first day.

• Tariffs: blue €3.50 an hour, €4.00 for additional hours, 24/7. Red €2.50, Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 22:00. Yellow €1.00, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 20:00. Green €0.50, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 18:00. White €0.20, 24/7.
• Resident permit: €60 a year in blue, €37 red, €23 yellow, €12 green, free in the white zone.
• A parking notice has to be paid within 168 hours, seven days. The amount depends on the zone, so read the notice or check judu.lt rather than guessing.
• JUDU's own car parks are far cheaper than the street, from €0.40 an hour at Žemaitės 21-P2 to €2.50 at Gedimino pr. 9A, all open 24/7.

Cycling, scooters and bringing a car

Vilnius has more than 177 km of cycle paths and is aiming at about 250 km by 2030, with over 4,000 bicycle racks, another 350 added each year, and secure storage units introduced in 2024. It is a three-season network for most people, and the city's own advice notes that surfaces turn slippery after rain and at low temperatures and that braking distances lengthen. Micromobility rules are enforced at 20 km/h generally and 12 km/h in the Old Town and on bridges and viaducts, with riding banned outright on Vilniaus, Pilies and Savičiaus streets. Bikes come from the Cyclocity scheme, and shared e-scooters and e-bikes from Bolt and RIDE.

• An EU or EEA driving licence is recognised and needs no exchange. A non-EU licence must be exchanged at Regitra once you are resident, with up to a year from arrival, using a Lithuanian medical certificate, your ID and a Lithuanian translation of the licence.
• Exchange without exams is possible only for licences from the EU and EEA, Switzerland, South Korea (categories B and BE), the UAE (certain categories, for Lithuanian or UAE citizens), Moldova (certain categories) and Ukraine (certain categories, for Lithuanian or Ukrainian citizens). Everyone else retakes the tests.
• A car from an EU or EEA country must be re-registered within six months of first use on Lithuanian roads. A non-EU vehicle may be used for up to 90 days, and must be registered within 30 days of your receiving a residence permit. A registration tax applies, varying by fuel type and CO2, with a threshold at 130 g/km.
• Domestic trains are run by LTG Link from the railway station. Intercity coaches leave from the bus station next door, where TOKS is the main operator.